Books Like Here Be Dragons: Book 1 of the Emergence Series

A disgraced assassin and a mercenary with a conscience trade sharp banter and sharper blades while unraveling a noblewoman’s deadly secrets.

A curious little monster ventures beyond her wild instincts, discovering whispering ruins and forgotten magics—but the wilderness guards its secrets with tooth and claw.

A street thief forced to impersonate a dead hero uncovers courtly secrets in a world where European and Asian myths wage war.

A juvenile of the galaxy's ruling species, abandoned and crippled by her own kind, searches for belonging while unraveling the mystery of her origin.

A synthetic warrior built for battle must choose between its killing instincts and protecting a wounded human lost in the depths of the Great Crater.

Elpida and her ragged band of undead girls scavenge a corpse-world, their flesh grafted with alien tech that blurs the line between necromancy and science.

A fire mage wields a necromancer's cursed staff, torn between the guild's distrust and the whispers of the dead in its wood.

Humanity's greatest weapon isn't war—it's their baffling ability to befriend hostile aliens, rogue AI, and even broken vending machines.

Two Padawans train under rogue Jedi Masters, forging their own path between the Order’s light and the war’s encroaching darkness.

An elven wizard defies her people’s illusions of perfection, trading immortality for raw power—until her own magic threatens to erase her from history.

Rhidi trades dynastic matchmaking for Earth’s brutal war games, where armored combat and alien monsters test her limits—and humanity’s grudges run deeper than she knows.